Type XXI

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development of submarines

…the war was the German Type XXI, a 250-foot, 1,600-ton craft that could attain 17 1/2 knots submerged for more than an hour, could travel at six knots underwater for two days, or could “creep” at slower speeds for four days. These submarines were fitted with snorkel devices (see below),…